I would have added David Walsh, but he has not been the same since the fallout he suffered during the Armstrong investigations.

Around 2012, I contacted sports author Richard Moore, who wrote 'In Search of Robert Millar' and 'The Dirtiest Race in History' - the latter tale about the tainted 1988 Seoul 100m final. In congratulating him for a book which I really enjoyed, I did ask him if he planned to write more books investigating doping in sports, among other things. His response suggested the general journalistic interest was quite specific when it in doping. I took that to basically mean "when it is convenient".

As galling as it may be sometimes, it should be remembered that sports journos possibly cannot afford to risk their livelihoods on some noble crusade. David Walsh was almost ruined professionally and financially when he took on Armstrong. It's very fortunate for him that his investigations were validated following Hamilton and Landis turning on Armstrong.

SnR, this is why you should stick it out... This site's voice is important, especially when the press won't go after issue like TUEs... There are stories to be told, and everyone needs a place where relevant information is cataloged.

I feel your pain, but (in my humble opinion), it's the wrong time to quit.....

Glorious, very interesting final post. Delighted too that Kimmage has called out the diva antics of S.Williams. Plus, he is literally the only journo that identified 3 of 4 singles finalists had been outed for TUE use.

I can only hope Kimmage gets the bit between his teeth as he and David Walsh did prior over Armstrong.

Sen, you may feel you haven't made a difference to the game but you have kept the spark of truth alive through this blog and enabled a discussion which could not take place anywhere else. That is also about making a difference. We are grateful.

@SnR - thanks for popping back. Please don't throw in the towel completely. Look how long it took for Armstrong to be called to account. Every little episode adds up, until at some point it tips the balance into action being taken.

On the Serena issue in SnR's original post, I find it galling that she dares ask for an apology just for a journalist asking a fair question; when if memory serves she has refused to apologise to either the line judge (USO 2009) for threatening to 'shove a tennis ball down her f***ing throat, or umpire Aderaki for another tantrum (USO 2011).

This of us who followed Armstrong's case from early on know that he was skillful as spinning himself as the 'bullied survivor' when he was feeling the heat from writers and journos. Even if anyone has the cojones to go mano-a-mano with S.Williams, you just know any such investigation will be smeared with 'racist' or 'sexist'. Good luck to anyone who persists, that's all I can say.

Oh yes, who can forget Serena's roid raging incident when she told umpire Eva Asderaki that she was "unattractive inside" or the infamous abuse of the lines judge. Never apologizes and gets fined the equivalent of a spa day for her. But the press doesn't press her. Ever. This recent incident is just another example in a long line for Serena. But I get that they're afraid of being banned from her press conferences. The diva. Hell, Nadal even got an umpire banned from his matches. These players are running the game.

Good point on player power. A few seasons ago I remember the debate starting in earnest about time taken between points. There was, I recall, a train of though - certainly from several ex-professionals and commentators - that the public love these long rallies, and the powers that be should actually increase allowed time between points, in order to accomodate serial piss-takers like Nadal and Djuicer. Thankfully that never transpired.

But it struck me the power modern players have, if others can seriously consider changing the rules around them.

Very interesting indeed. Paul Kimmage has commented on tennis a number of times over the last few years. I get the impression he doesn't follow the sport closely but watches enough of it to see what an obvious farce it is. You can sense just how frustrated he is with his fellow reporters, with such low hanging fruit to go for (just ask a question about the fucking TUE's already!) Interesting as well to note that, reading between the lines anyway, he doesn't seem to view Fed's performance last week with as much cynicism as many of us here, myself included.

I'm just watching the fifth set of the final again and at 3-2 in games with Nadal taking forever, the commentators (the Mac brothers and Fowler) were discussing the time Nadal takes between points. And John McEnroe said something like "let's hope the umpire doesn't choose now to give him a time violation warning". The next point was a break point for Federer and Nadal took 35 seconds to serve. That's what? 15 seconds over the time limit? Nadal plays by his own rules and the umpires let him and the commentators are ok with that.

It goes to show you how far training and recovery science has come. Obviously Roger's natural physical ability is the prime factor, but I wouldn't be surprised to see this become more normal. Novak, for example, is so into the flexibility and injury prevention protocols that I fully expect him to continue at his high level for another 5-6 years for sure.

[–]RainMan500I know everything about tennis 8 points 2 hours ago :"That is a good assessment. To add to it, I would say Murray has 3 good years left in him, Wawrinka has 2 years and Nadal has 5 months."

If they hadn't sped up the court at the AO this year, we'd be looking at a different result right now. I guess the powers that be have had enough of the rubber band man and the pasty Scot. And of course, Nadal defies logic. He's a clay court specialist yet they speed up the courts and he manages to make the final. Go figure.

What an absolutely orgasmic outcome for the ITF/ATP with that AO final - Mugray and the increasingly-disliked Djuicevic contesting titles isn't really capturing the imagination of the casual tennis fan.

I want to thank SNR for taking this over from me when I got burned out and for bringing it to a more professional level the past several years. I don't think either of us realized the difficulty of exposing the truth when there is so much money on the line for so many people, not the least of whom are the tennis journalists. I've learned a great deal just from starting and continuing to follow this blog after I passed it on, including from many of the commenters here. It is a sad day to see it go, but perhaps someone somewhere along the line will have it as a reference if the truth can ever really be brought out. Thanks SNR and all commenters.

Thanks THASP for starting this blog and for finding a worthy successor in SnR. I hope one day your hard work will be rewarded with a true breakthrough in the fight against doping in tennis. Good luck to both of you.

Thasp, SnR, you guys did great. Tennis is killing itself by not allowing youngsters to come through. The game is flatlining if you look at US tennis industry revenues. You'd think less drugs, more talent, maybe more US talent would fix many issues. But people running the sport lack vision - they won't rock the boat. Let's all move on. It was a great sport with a great heritage.

Yes, much gratitude to THASP and SnR for building up this community and this body of work. 2017 looks like it'll be the year for the shit hitting the fan - everywhere and on all levels - so hopefully the truth will also surface w/r/t tennis and doping.

Please feel free to drop an occasional link or comment to the THASP spin-off: https://tennishasadrugproblem.blogspot.co.uk/

first of all, a Huge Thank you for all your courage, heart and efforts, you have made a Great Job!!

Secondly, I'd like to give you a piece of advice, here it is!!

Why don't you make an ebook that contains all the articles and the most meaningful posts written by the readers of this great blog?

You could make a decent yearly passive income ( 1000 copies x $15 for each downloaded ebook = $15000 per year, not so bad!! ) and in the meanwhile, it would be like you keep on fighting tennis doping, social purpose and money at the same time, not so bad!!

Think about it, it isn't something to disregard as a weird online business idea, far from it, it's social purpose for first and a sort of financial reward for all your efforts, not so bad at all!!

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So, how about that Roger Federer? Lol. Funny how since his comeback at nearly 36 years old has seen him win a slam and masters, you losers want to bail on the "cause". Predictable from this Fedtard watering hole. Bunch of chickenshits who want to take their ball and go home now that their God is under the microscope. Pathetic bunch of sycophants.

Well, 36 year old Roger Federer outlasted a player 16 years his junior in a match lasting over 3 hours, to reach his second masters final in a row. When are you going to slander his name all over your shitty website by calling him a doper and a cheater? Oh, his name isn't Rafael Nadal, so he doesn't get attacked relentlessly by you unabashed Fedtards. Cowardly asses won't even post here anymore because Federer is just as much of a suspect as your most hated player is and you don't want to face it. Fuck you bunch of hypocritical Federer boot lickers. You are all fucking pathetic.

You think what I said is trolling? What a dipshit you are. What I said is the fucking truth, Feddietard, and you just don't want to hear it. It's no coincidence that as soon as Fed started becoming suspicious this place decided to stop their bullshit doping crusade. It was started by a Fed cocksucker, and was then handed off to an even bigger Fed cocksucker, and is meant to demonize anyone who beat their mancrush too many times for their liking. No surprise now they want to cut and run since Federer isn't as squeaky clean as they made him out to be. Cowards.

Okay, so this will be another Roger Federer year? After... well... 4-5 years without much success and no big titles. Murray and Djokovic are right now cut somehow out of this show... So his chances are better than ever.

So, Rafa speech was about how Roger Federer comeback from injury was "amazing and one of the best ever in history". Those are words from a man who in 2013 demolished first half of the year... These two are so much suspiciuos right now. And how they admire each other...

At the very rip old age of 36, Roger Federer has won the AO+IW+Miami triple! After being out for nearly all of last year, he comes back winning everything with no signs of stopping. Where are you THASP? How come you decided to ditch the "cause" right when Fedoper emerged? This website was started as nothing more than a Fedtard witchhunt on Rafael Nadal, and now that your fav is right up there with the rest of the "dopers", you want to pretend this place never existed. If you really cared about doping in tennis, shouldn't be on here right now calling out the very suspicious rise of Federer? God, you people are so transparent it's simply hilarious! With every tournament win and every long, exhausting match Fed shows no sign of slowing down in, I will be here posting how big of a fucking hypocrite piece of shit you Feddietards are. Fucking losers.

Why do you lump Nadal in with Federer? Nadal is not playing all that well at all, but guess who is playing the best he's played in 5-6 years? At 36 years old? After being out nearly all of last year? Not Nadal, I can tell you that. Nadal has never had an out of nowhere year like this, especially the older he has gotten. Stop making this seem like Nadal is playing anywhere close to the level of Fedoper right now because he isn't. Plus, you are only adding Nadal in there to take some of the heat of Fedoper, which is simply a crock of shit.

Yeah, Nadal's 2013 was just as ridiculous, but I agree with the rest of Humphrey's ramblings. The Fedtards never cared about doping in tennis - only about preserving his records. The same thing that happened here is happening in other places, too. The Fedtards used to be parked on the "Doping in Tennis" thread at MTF, but now that their man is feeling the heat, they are whining to the mods and managed to get that thread closed. I'm sure even if Federer goes on to win Wimbledon and the US Open this year, they'll find a way to rationalize it.

Hi there, I appreciate that the blog is closed, and am sorry for coming late to the party, but can anyone provide an ITF (or other) link to verify the figures in the link below which state that Federer was tested 4 times between 2008-2008 for EPO, based upon suspicious blood levels?

Many thanks in advance: http://tennishasasteroidproblem.blogspot.ie/2012/02/epo-testing-revisited-wrap-up-part-four.html

Too bad this still wasn't live with Nadal's incredible comeback vs Kohlschreiber in Miami. Bageled first set. Locker room. Rest is history after that. From what I saw, it really seemed more like a change in tactics and Kohly heat fatigue than anything else, but still... Nadal's body these days has been flat more than once at the start of matches. The locker room seems to be the best antidote to rejuvenate the body/mind.

My guess is much of the "doping" is legal. Either by permission or with substances not banned, but probably should be. Once they get banned, top notch players with their team of physicians can quickly learn and retrieve the next greatest performance enhancing apparatus or drug that has yet to be tested and banned.

My guess is much of the "doping" is legal. Either by permission or with substances not banned, but probably should be. Once they get banned, top notch players with their team of physicians can quickly learn and retrieve the next greatest performance enhancing apparatus or drug that has yet to be tested and banned.

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From what I've seen of it, I actually think it gives a pretty decent articulation of the worst-case scenario. But it cherry-picks things to support its particular theory, and ignores things that don't fit.-ESPN sportswriter, Kamakshi Tandon, expressing her opinion of this blog

"She kind of has, like, almost the game of a man. That's what it feels like."-Jelena Jankovic describing Samantha Stosur's masculine approach to the game of tennis.

"Players can use short-acting steroids in combination with human growth hormone which will produce muscle mass and enormous power, and while they can stop just before a competition and test clean, they still get the performance benefit of the drugs" Former chief executive of the Australian Sports Drug Agency, John Mendoza, 2002, claiming that tennis was approaching a crisis.

"To say that tennis today is clean, you have to be living in a dream world."Nicolas Escude, French Davis Cup player, 2002

[Former number 1, Marcelo] Rios thinks that the ATP protects Agassi of doping "I know that if nandrolone were found on Agassi, they would not disclose it. He is a very prominent, very popular player and if he were to fall, the world of tennis would fall with him." The Chilean remembered a case in Australia 2002 "where there was a control and Agassi disappeared, saying that they were going to kidnap his son..."

Also,

"Suspicion among the other players had long been rife that he [Agassi] may have used some substances to help him become one of the fittest and strongest guys around, although there was never any proof. There were some dubious circumstances, none more than his early-morning withdrawal from the defence of his title at the 2002 Australian Open, citing a wrist injury."

-Former Wimbledon champion, Pat Cash

"The ATP also suffers from a dilemma. Imagine if Federer or Nadal were caught doping. I probably would not suspend them, because they are too important. But where is the line?"- Former Pro Andrei Medvedev

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"A site created by Don Quixote followed by numerous Sancho Pansas fighting windmills...."-From a commenter

"...in this steroid era we have lived in for the last decade or so, it has become wise for us in the media, to at least be wary of a player such as Nadal, who is so cut, so ripped, so buff for a tennis player, because we’ve never seen a good tennis player with that kind of physique."

"I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf’s claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I’d be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids."-Chris Evert 1992

"Someone tried to get in the development, doing a drug test," [Venus] Williams said. "If I wasn't tested in the next two hours, I wouldn't be playing on tour. You know, there's always someone at the gates, trying to get in. Normally, I tell the gate, 'Tell them Venus moved to Siberia some months ago.' "

... she had trouble with her password in the computerized system overseen by the World Anti-Doping Agency. She also said registered mail at her home could not be signed off on since she was traveling to WTA tournaments.- Yanina Wickmayer explains (in a dog ate my homework kind of way) why she was unavailable for mandatory drug testing.